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Dell is doing better than IBM in the US but ask anybody outside the US about IBM brand name. Most of the time, the IBM brand name for them carries a lot of weight in terms perception and high-quality.

IBM was not selling as well as Dell in the US because its products here were priced higher than Dell's.

But in China, it is going to be a completely different story. Lenovo being the biggest player in China is going to sell PCs under the name of IBM at the same price or lower than Dell and it will mean Dell is in deep s*** in China, Asia, and Europe.

If a distributor offered me IBM PCs for the same price or less than Dell PCs for the same features (comparing apple with apple), I will buy IBM PCs at least nine out of ten times.

I have owned an IBM brand and a Dell brand before and IBM comes out on top in terms of technical and setup reliability on these machines. For the same price or less for the same feature, I will choose the IBM brand without a doubt.

The IBM-Lenovo combination is going to bring the cost down and it is going to give Dell a lot to worry about.
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Hard to argue his points.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
I agree, and one of the BIGGEST victims ...  Judas I. | 12/07/04
I've had a number of lappies and the ThinkPad has been the best.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
Wasn't ThinkPad made by a Chinese company already? (NT)  Anton Philidor | 12/07/04
Yup, to IBM's specs though.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
Then it would be like a Dell . . .(NT)  Ken_z | 12/07/04
Made in China != Chinese Quality  dsnyder_z | 12/08/04
It may prove hard but far from impossible  bugmenotznet | 12/08/04
It may prove hard but far from impossible  bugmenotznet | 12/08/04
Plus...  rapson | 12/08/04
Of course Mr Dell would say this, DUH!  htotten | 12/07/04
Dell gains in China?  PC Morph | 12/07/04
Chinese Market  jblood | 12/08/04
We shall see.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Simple...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
Why hire Dell?  systemcleaner | 12/07/04
Does "name" win?  jblood | 12/08/04
Hey, wake up!  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Poor Michael Dud  Jeff Spicoli | 12/07/04
Poor? Not Hardly.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
Poor in VISION my friend  Jeff Spicoli | 12/07/04
Dell-bashing ... what's new ...  lalogos | 12/08/04
Then tell Mike Dell to stop bashing IBM.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
IBM Chinese...  jblood | 12/09/04
Enough VISION to build the #1 PC company in the world.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Morally bankrupt is morally bankrupt  rapson | 12/08/04
Re: Morally bankrupt is morally bankrupt  dsnyder_z | 12/08/04
Sorry  rapson | 12/08/04
Rush to judgement ...  George Mitchell | 12/07/04
I thought he was ASKED his opinion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
HIS OPINION is that the HP/Compaq merger was a failure?  George Mitchell | 12/07/04
I think it was  John L. Ries | 12/07/04
Agreed; still waiting on HP/Compaq  Anton Philidor | 12/07/04
Businesses are not in business to create employment opportunities  George Mitchell | 12/07/04
Both wrong  John L. Ries | 12/08/04
The Unix workstation business was trashed by Intel and Linux  George Mitchell | 12/07/04
Why emphasize Unix workstations?  Anton Philidor | 12/07/04
Because that was what John L. Ries comment was referring to ...  George Mitchell | 12/07/04
Correction George!  ShadeTree | 12/08/04
Failure of commercial UNIX  John L. Ries | 12/08/04
Any any case, HP's computer base was in Unix hardware  George Mitchell | 12/08/04
Ok, opinion and spin combined.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/04
The HP merger success only for Mike and Carly  Art Royce | 12/08/04
HP Failure  jblood | 12/08/04
Dell is no 1 world wide? Where did you get this?  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Dell IS Number 1 worldwide.  jblood | 12/09/04
Product subsidies  BK2552 | 12/09/04
You are correct my friend...  htotten | 12/09/04
Michael Dell is scared.  systemcleaner | 12/07/04
Yep  rapson | 12/08/04
Why would Dell be scared?  jblood | 12/08/04
Now they have figured how to beat Dell. Yes, now.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Cost  jblood | 12/09/04
wrong  prong@... | 12/14/04
And how is that?  prong@... | 12/14/04
support communist china - buy an IBM pc  wessonjoe | 12/08/04
Buy American  jblood | 12/08/04
New Marketing Hook  Elodea | 12/08/04
jeez this is the 21st century, why fight against democracy when you can fix  hipparchus2000 | 12/08/04
Explain, please?  rapson | 12/08/04
"When was the last time you saw a successful acquisition or merger..."  mbhull@... | 12/08/04
IBM Servers??  dhammond@... | 12/09/04
Communist China  Scorpion_z | 12/08/04
commie computers  comiman | 12/08/04
Successful tech mergers  John L. Ries | 12/08/04
What a merger  dougpierson@... | 12/08/04
I didn't say it was a mega-merger  John L. Ries | 12/08/04
Merging bad, outsourcing okay?  keltek | 12/08/04
IBM to China!!??  chuckleonard@... | 12/08/04
IBM- Big RED!  jblood | 12/09/04
PC Brands  pebear | 12/08/04
Michael Dell:IBM/Lenovo Deal "see the future"  mluff | 12/08/04
IBM SALE  PFULLAGA | 12/08/04
Just a dig at the real competition  neumo64 | 12/08/04
IBM deal worst of all worlds  racintazz@... | 12/09/04
IBM Sells to Lenovo in China  activist | 12/09/04
china - the new enemy  texbc2000 | 12/09/04

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